The media blitz is unnerving, but we are being kept up to date. That Italy will be giving care to the younger people and refusing care to the old is scary.

I am going to the dentist tomorrow for a second appointment on a difficult root canal, and I called this morning to ask if it was advisable to come in due to my age and my son's condition. He thought it would be better to come in tomorrow rather than to wait a few weeks. He is not being cavalier, he himself has cancelled a trip to Nashville to a dental convention in April.

My girlfriend who is a three time cancer survivor had to go to UCLA this week. She disinfected every elevator button, every door knob she touched, and only went because the office was a quiet one with only 3 people. Her other appointment was with a doctor in an office with 3 others, with many wealthy Iranian patients who travel a lot. She cancelled that one.